Simultaneous determination of six alkaloids and one monoterpene in rat plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and pharmacokinetic study after oral administration of a Chinese medicine Wuji Pill
Yuan, J.; Wang, Y.; An, R.; Wang, S.; Li, S-Jun.; Jia, J-Ying.; Bligh, S.W.Annie.; Wang, X-Hong.; Ma, Y-Ming.
Journal of Chromatography. B Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences 895-896: 154-161
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 1570-0232 PMID: 22503734 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2012.03.036
Accession: 055788614
A simple and sensitive method for simultaneous determination of seven active constituents, jatrorrhizine, berberine, coptisine, palmatine, evodiamine, rutacarpine and paeoniflorin, from a Chinese medicine Wuji Pill in rat plasma was developed based on a liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry method. The separation of these seven compounds was carried out on a Shiseido CAPCELL PAK C(18) column using a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile (containing 0.1% formic acid and water (containing 0.1% formic acid and 10 mmol/L ammonium acetate) and carbamazepine as an internal standard. Electrospray ionization in positive-ion mode and multiple reaction monitoring was used to identify and quantitate active components. All calibration curves gave good linearity (r>0.993) over the concentration range from 0.42-208.0 ng/mL to 4.18-418.0 ng/mL for all components. The precision of the in vivo study was evaluated by intra- and inter-day assays and the percentages of relative standard deviation were all within 15%. The method was successfully applied to pharmacokinetic study of all six alkaloids and one monoterpene in rat plasma after oral administration of the Wuji Pill.